Adventure Fiction.

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(Egleton, Clive). Tarrant, JohnTHE CLAUBERG TRIGGERNew York: Atheneum, 1979. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with toning to the rear panel and a crease to the front flap. From the author of THE ROMMEL PLOT.
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15.00 USD

(Fleming, Ian). Gardner, JohnROLE OF HONORNew York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1984). 039912912X / 9780399129124 First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine in dust jacket that shows just a hint of fading to the spine panel. A James Bond thriller in Gardner's continuing adventures of Fleming's master spy. In this episode, Bond abandons his 007 status, resigns from the service, and heads south for Monte Carlo in his Bentley Mulsanne Turbo in search of a new...role of honor.
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15.00 USD

(Ford, John). Mundy, TalbotOLD UGLY-FACENew York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Incorporated, 1940. First edition, first printing. The parenthetical (1) appears on the final page of text. Hardcover. Mild tanning to the spine, some age-toning to the cloth and text, top page edges foxed, else very good in teal cloth decorated in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. This copy is from the library of Academy Award winning film director John Ford with signature in faint red pencil to the front endpaper. The signature appears to be in another hand. Provenance: Purchased from Dan Ford, the grandson of John Ford.
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125.00 USD

(Kipling, Rudyard; Haggard, H. Rider). Leibfried, PhilipRUDYARD KIPLING AND SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD ON SCREEN, STAGE, RADIO AND TELEVISIONJefferson, North Carolina and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, (2000). 0786407077 / 9780786407071 First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine, a new book, in laminated, photo-pictorial boards; no dust jacket, as issued. Large octavo. 214 pages, including index and bibliography. Illustrated with film stills reproduced intext. Each literary work by these two premiere purveyors of exotic adventure yarns is summarized and followed by a complete filmography and analysis. Separate sections provide information on adaptations created for the radio, stage, and television.
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25.00 USD

(Mundy, Talbot). Grant, Donald M., compilerTALBOT MUNDY: MESSENGER OF DESTINYWest Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., 1983. 0937986461 / 9780937986462 First edition, first printing. Large octavo. Full blue cloth with gilt spine titling; illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED by Donald M. Grant. Hardcover. Fine; in a fine dust jacket with wraparound color painting by Ned Dameron depicting an older Mundy, outfitted like one of his adventurers, gazing over an oriental landscape. Illustrated with b&w photos and cover art repros. Bio-bibliography of the adventure scribe features a memoir by Mundy's widow, a study of his early life by Peter Ellis, appreciations by Fritz Leiber and Darrel Crombie, and an illustrated bibliography of his book and magazine appearances.
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35.00 USD

(Nicole, Christopher). York, AndrewTHE CAPTIVATORLondon: Hutchinson, (1973). First edition. Hardcover. Bookstore stamp to the front pastedown, else a fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket with a stain to the lower rear panel and toning to panels. From the author of TALLANT FOR DISASTER.
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35.00 USD

Anthony, EvelynTHE POELLENBERG INHERITANCENew York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., (1972). 9997406125 / 9789997406125 First U.S. edition. Hardcover. A very good plus copy in white linen-backed blue gilt stamped boards with spine titles gilt; in a shelfworn illustrated dust jacket with a few edge tears and attendant creases. "From the moment a Nazi general, living secretly in Spain, decides to lead his daughter to a priceless inheritance, an intricate web is spun until the concentric threads of intrigue draw the characters to a suite at the Paris Ritz for a brilliant climax."
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15.00 USD

Armstrong, CampbellWHITE LIGHTNew York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., (1988). 0688077013 / 9780688077013 First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine in an age-toned dust jacket. Campbell Armstrong is a pseudonym for Campbell Black. WHITE LIGHT was originally published in the UK as MAZURKA.
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15.00 USD

Arnold, ElliottCODE OF CONDUCTLondon: Longman, (1970). First U.K. edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in a dust jacket with a few wrinkles to the rear flap. By the author of NIGHT OF WATCHING. Review copy with materials.
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20.00 USD

Austin, Mary; Pape, Eric, illustratorISIDROBoston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Shelf-wear to lower edges and spine head, a spot of erasure wear to first blank leaf, else very good plus in sage green cloth, with exquisite red-and-blue-and-gilt embossed pictorial covers, lettered in gilt to the front cover and spine; no dust jacket. Color frontispiece and three color plates by Eric Pape. Austin worked to preserve Native American culture and used that knowledge in her third book, and first novel, which tells the story of a heiress disguised as a shepherd boy in Carmel, California.
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75.00 USD

Bagley, DesmondWINDFALLNew York: Summit, (1982). First U.S. edition. Hardcover. Remainder stamp to the lower page edges, else a fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket with some short tears and shelfwear.